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Anne Hwang
Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
Appointed byJoe Biden
SucceedingGeorge H. Wu
Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
2019
Appointed byJerry Brown
Preceded bynew seat
Personal details
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic[1]
EducationCornell University (BA)
University of Southern California (JD)

Anne Hwang (born 1975)[2] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court since 2019. She is the designate to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Education

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Hwang received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from the USC Gould School of Law in 2002.[3]

Career

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Hwang started her legal career, working as a litigation associate at Irell & Manella LLP from 2002 to 2006. From 2006 to 2018, she served as a deputy federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California.[3] On December 7, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Hwang to serve as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[1]

Nomination to district court

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On April 28, 2024, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hwang to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On April 30, 2024, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Hwang to the seat vacated by Judge George H. Wu, who assumed senior status on November 3, 2023. On May 22, 2024, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[4] On July 11, 2024, her nomination was favorably reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by an 11–10 vote.[5] On November 20, 2024, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–48 vote.[6] On December 2, 2024, her nomination was confirmed by a 48–43 vote.[7] She is awaiting her judicial commission.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Governor Brown Appoints 13 Superior Court Judges" (Press release). Office of the Governor. December 7, 2018. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "President Biden Names Forty-Eighth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 24, 2024. Retrieved April 24, 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Eight Judicial Nominations To The Full Senate" (Press release). United State Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anne Hwang to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anne Hwang, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California)". United States Senate. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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